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Description: | Early-Medieval (late 8th and 10th centuries) copper-alloy strap end: in plan originally the strap end would be an elongated oval, but is now incomplete and is a sub-triangle. The break is not recent. In profile the body of the strap end is straight. The upper surface of the strap end is decorated with an undecorated knop at the tip, and then an indistinguishable motif behind. The edges of the body are bordered with an undecorated border. The reverse is also undecorated. The surface of the strap end has an abraded mid-dark green patina. In length it is 25.61mm, 10.57mm wide and 1.74mm thick. It weighs 2.06g.The strap end can be classified as a Thomas's Class A: Type uncertain: which dates to the 9th century, but also probably occur in the late 8th and 10th centuriesThomas, G. 2003 'Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking-Age Strap Ends 750-1100: Part I' Finds Research Group AD 700-1700 Datasheet 32.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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